The Chapel of the Resurrection in Stockholm. Nordic Classicism: wilderness and pursuit of order

Study of the project for the Resurrection Chapel (1921-1925) built by Sigurd Lewerentz in the Southern Cemetery of Stockholm reveals the importance of the construction of a geometric-proportional system and its tension with respect to the site, seen as the original formal matrix with which the design establishes a relationship. The order asserted by the religious building and the untamed character of the surrounding nature generate an opposition. Analysis of this contrast shows how Modern architects can recover the use of classical constructive archetypes to decode the no longer comprehensible world, since in Antiquity the architectural orders were developed precisely to grasp the rules that govern the rhythm, proportions and harmony of natural elements.